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Year 9 mathematics test
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3
Tier

4–6 Paper 1
Calculator not allowed

First name

Last name

Class

Date

Please read this page, but do not open your booklet until your
teacher tells you to start. Write your name, the name of your class
and the date in the spaces above.

Remember:
The test is 1 hour long.
You must not use a calculator for any question in this test.
You will need: pen, pencil, rubber and a ruler.
Some formulae you might need are on page 2.
This test starts with easier questions.
Try to answer all the questions.
Write all your answers and working on the test paper – do not use
any rough paper. Marks may be awarded for working.
Check your work carefully.
Ask your teacher if you are not sure what to do.

For marking
Total marks
use only

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Instructions

Answers
This means write down your
answer or show your working
and write down your answer.

Calculators
You must not use a calculator to
answer any question in this test.

Formulae
You might need to use these formulae

Trapezium
b
1
Area = (a + b)h height (h)
2

Prism

length

area of cross-section

Volume = area of cross-section × length

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Add to 8

1. Complete this diagram so that the three numbers in each line add to 8

1 1
32 2

1
52

3
2 marks

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Clubs

2. A sports centre has two different clubs.

(a) 22 children go to the gym club.

Complete the pictogram.

Gym club

Key: = 4 children

Boys

Girls
1 mark

(b) 10 more girls than boys go to the swimming club.

Complete the key.

Swimming club

Key: = children
1 mark

Boys

Girls

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Lesson time

3. In a school, lessons are 55 minutes long.

(a) A maths lesson starts at 9:15am

At what time does the lesson end?

  :    am
1 mark

(b) A history lesson ends at 3:30pm

At what time does the lesson start?

  :    pm
1 mark

1
(c) Lunch break is 1 hours long.
4
Lunch break ends at 1:30pm

At what time does it start?

  :    pm
1 mark

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Balancing

4. 2 tins balance 1 bottle.

1 tin and 1 bottle balance 1 box.

(a) How many bottles do 6 tins balance?

1 mark

(b) How many boxes do 6 tins balance?

1 mark

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Plastic bottles

5. (a) Look at this information about recycling:

25 large plastic bottles can be recycled to make 1 fleece jacket.

Write the missing number in this sentence.

200 large plastic bottles can be recycled to make    fleece jackets.

1 mark

(b) In a survey, 9 out of 10 people said they would like to recycle more.

What percentage of people said they would like to recycle more?

 %
1 mark

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Shape on a grid

6. Look at the shape drawn on a square grid.

(a) What is the name of the shape?

Put a ring round the correct name below.

hexagon quadrilateral octagon

pentagon parallelogram
1 mark

(b) One of the angles inside the shape is a right angle.

Mark the right angle on the shape above.

1 mark

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ab

7. A teacher said:

Choose values for a and b

Use the letters to make expressions for the numbers 1 to 8

(a) One group of pupils chose a = 2 and b = 3

Complete their table.

a = 2  b = 3

b–a = 1

a = 2

b = 3

2×a = 4

= 5
1 mark

a×b = 6

2×a+b = 7

= 8
1 mark

(b) Here is part of the table from a different group of pupils.

2×a = 6

a+b = 7

What values did they choose?

1 mark

a=   b=
1 mark

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Finding points

8. The graph shows a rectangle.

( 0, 9 ) P

( 0, 5 ) ( 12, 5 )

Not drawn
accurately

0 x

Write the coordinates of point P

(   ,  ) 2 marks

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Changing units

9. The table below helps to change centimetres into inches.

Number of centimetres 2 4 6 8 10 12

Number of inches (approximately) 0.8 1.6 2.4 3.1 3.9 4.7

About how many inches are there in 14 centimetres?

  inches
1 mark

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Conversion graph

10. The graph shows the relationship between miles per hour and kilometres per hour.

80

60

Kilometres
40
per hour

20

0
0 10 20 30 40 50
Miles per hour

Use the graph to write the missing numbers in the sentences below.

In England, the speed limit in towns is

30 miles per hour, which is    kilometres per hour.

1 mark

In a different country, the speed limit in towns is

70 kilometres per hour, which is    miles per hour.

1 mark

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Brackets,  Train journey

11. (a) Work out the answer.

2 + ( 16 ÷ 2) + 6 =
1 mark

(b) Put brackets in the calculation below to make it correct.

2 + 16 ÷ 2 + 6 = 4
1 mark

12. Here is part of a train timetable.

Paddington 07 45 1335

Redruth 12 47

(a) How long is the journey time from Paddington to Redruth on the 07 45 train?

  hours and    minutes

1 mark

(b) The 1335 train from Paddington takes 4 hours 26 minutes to travel to Redruth.

Write the missing time in the timetable.

1 mark

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Cubes

13. Alison builds a shape with some cubes.

These are the front view, side view and top view of her shape.

front view side view top view

Tariq builds a different shape with some cubes.

Draw the front view, side view and top view of his shape.

front view side view top view

2 marks

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Largest value

14. (a) When  y = 1, which expression below has the largest value?

Put a ring round it.

3+y 10 – y y2

y
3y 2
1 mark

(b) When  y = 4, which expression below has the largest value?

Put a ring round it.

3+y 10 – y y2

y
3y 2
1 mark

(c) Write a number to make the sentence below true.

When y = , the expression  3 + y  has a larger value than the expression 3y

1 mark

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Temperature

15. The graph shows the temperature in a town between 6am and 2pm on
7th February and 7th August one year.

30 7th
August

20

Temperature
in ºC

10

7th
February

0
6am 8am 10am 12noon 2pm

Time

(a) Estimate as accurately as you can the time when the temperature reached 20°C
on 7th August.

  am
1 mark

(b) What was the difference between the temperatures at 12 noon on the two days?

 °C
1 mark

(c) On 7th February between 6am and 2pm the temperature dropped.

How many degrees did the temperature drop?

 °C
1 mark

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UK population

16. In 2005, about 60.2 million people lived in the UK.

Look at the information about these people.

 50.4 million lived in England.

 5.1 million lived in Scotland.

 3 million lived in Wales.

  The rest lived in Northern Ireland.

(a) In 2005, about how many people lived in Northern Ireland?

million
1 mark

(b) In 2005, about what percentage of people in the UK lived in Wales?

Tick ( ) the correct value.

1% 5% 20% 63%
1 mark

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Halfway,  Quadrilateral

17. (a) What number is halfway between –2  and  6?

1 mark

(b) Complete the sentence.

–10 is halfway between    and  8

1 mark

18. Here is a quadrilateral drawn on a square grid.

2 marks

On the same grid, draw a different quadrilateral which has the same area.

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Equation

19. Look at the equation.

14 n = 98

(a) Work out the value of 140 n

1 mark

(b) Work out the value of 14( n + 1)

1 mark

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Angle k,  Terms

20. Look at the diagram.

Not drawn
k accurately

130 º 85 º
A B

AB is a straight line.

Work out the size of angle k

°
k=
2 marks

21. Look at the sequence below.

To get the next term in the sequence, subtract 90 from the term before.

500 410 320 …

Write the first two terms of the sequence that are less than zero.

  , 
2 marks

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Values

22. (a) Look at this information.

x    0

Give an example of what the value of x could be.

Give a different example of what the value of x could be.

1 mark

(b) Now look at this information.

2y  + 3    11

What is the largest value that y could be?

1 mark

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Eurovision Song Contest

23. Each year a song contest is held in Europe.

The country with the greatest number of points wins.

The scatter graphs show information about the contest in 2007.

24th

20th

16th
Position of
the country
12th
in the contest

8th

4th

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

Number of points the country scored

24th

20th

16th
Position of
the country
12th
in the contest

8th

4th

0 50 100 150
Population of the country (millions)

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Use the graphs to answer these questions.

(a) About how many points did the winning country score?

1 mark

(b) How many countries scored fewer than 60 points?

1 mark

(c) What is the population of the country that scored 84 points?

  million
1 mark

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Prisms

24. The table shows information about a pentagonal prism.

Pentagonal prism

Number of
10
vertices

Number of
5
rectangular faces

Total number Pentagonal prism

7
of faces

(a) Complete the table to show information about a triangular prism.

Triangular prism

Number of
vertices

Number of
rectangular faces

Total number
of faces
1 mark

(b) Complete the table.

  prism   prism

Number of
12
vertices

Number of
6
rectangular faces

Total number
8 10
of faces
3 marks

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Fraction size, Ringing expressions 

25. Write numbers in the boxes so that the fractions are in size order.

1 1 3 2
4 7 5
2 marks

26. (a) I add the expressions n and n + 2

Put a ring round the expression that shows the result.

2n 4n n ( n + 2)

n2 + 2 2n + 2
1 mark

(b) Now I multiply the expressions n and n + 2

Put a ring round the expression that shows the result.

2n 4n n ( n + 2)

n2 + 2 2n + 2
1 mark

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Counters

27. Jerry has a bag of counters.

Inside his bag are

2 blue,

4 green,

5 red, and

9 yellow counters

Jerry is going to take a counter at random from his bag.

Write the correct colours to complete these sentences.

The probability that it will be    is 0.2

3
The probability that it will not be    is
4 1 mark

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END OF TEST

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